by jpitney | Oct 6, 2025 | California Politics, Housing, Regulation
Roger Vincent at LAT: Los Angeles apartment construction has dropped by close to a third in three years as developers struggle with unprofitable economics and regulatory uncertainty. Institutional investors are pulling money from L.A. real estate projects, preferring...
by jpitney | Oct 4, 2025 | Civility, Public Opinion
From IW Group: A landmark national study released today reveals a striking paradox regarding civility in America: while individuals overwhelmingly see themselves as civil and respectful, only 26% believe society itself feels civil. The research, sponsored by IW...
by jpitney | Oct 2, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2025 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kind that appears in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public affairs, broadly defined, domestic...
by jpitney | Oct 1, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Liam Dillon, Ben Poston, Doug Smith and Jessica Garrison at the Los Angeles Times: More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The five most destructive from 2017 to 2020 burned down 22,500 houses. Just...
by jpitney | Sep 30, 2025 | Appropriations, Budget, Congress
The Congressional Appropriations Process: Background and Potential Innovations By James C. Capretta, AEI Abstract: The courts should, and probably will, constrain the Trump administration’s aggressive push in 2025 to diminish Congress’s constitutional role in...
